Kawasaki disease and the emerging coronary artery disease epidemic in India: Is there a correlation?

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 328-332

  Singh, Surjit ^a   Aulakh, Roosy ^b   Kawasaki, Tomisaku ^c  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c Kawasaki Disease Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; India; Kawasaki disease; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDIA; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE;

CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; INDIA; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 84898408698     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-013-1229-y     Document Type: Article

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